The price tag on a government’s vanity
$56-million (or more)
Amount the government spent on partisan “Economic Plan” advertising between January and June of this year.
$6.5-million
Amount the government claims is budgeted for H1N1 prevention advertising.
At least 10:1
Ratio between partisan ad spending and H1N1 advertising this year.
5 times more likely
Chances that Canadians are expected to catch H1N1 compared to the regular flu.
$3-billion
Amount this government spent on consultants (unclear if spent all at once on a single “magic mirror”).
8
Number of months the Harper government has had to get infrastructure projects off the ground.
12%
Amount of projects that had shovels in the ground September 1 (not counting imaginary shovels).
630
Number of extra tax dollars per year workers will pay annually for the government’s $15-billion EI payroll tax grab.
56-billion
Record size of our deficit, one year to the day after Harper said there would be no deficit at all (happy birthday).
Liberal